Marx and Lenin Gone
Lenin And Karl Marx Statues Removed From North Korea's Kim Il-sung Square -- The Telegraph
The larger-than-life portraits of Lenin and Karl Marx that once dominated Kim Il-sung Square have been removed, suggesting a change of direction within North Korea.
The NKNews web site, which monitors developments in the secretive state, has reported that the austere images of two of the founding fathers of communism were first taken down in the summer but have never been replaced.
Lenin and Marx had glared out over the square - used for military march-pasts and mass rallies in support of the regime - for decades, despite the Workers' Party of Korea revising its charter in 1980 to replace their concepts with those of Kim Il-sung.
Communism has been replaced by the home-grown philosophy summed up as "juche," meaning the spirit of self-reliance.
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Update: Kim Il Sung Square Gets A New Look -- NKNews.org
My Comment: When it comes to North Korea .... I am always skeptical. So they got rid of two old posters .... let's see what happens next.
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